Indian politician

In this Indian name, the name Pendekanti is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Venkatasubbaiah.

Pendekanti Venkatasubbaiah (1921-1993) was an Indian politician. He was the Governor of Bihar from 15 March 1985 to 25 February 1988 and the Governor of Karnataka, India from 26 February 1988 to 5 February 1990.He was elected to the Lok Sabha and was the Union Minister of State for Home and Parliamentary Affairs in both Indira Gandhi and Rajiv Gandhi cabinet.

Contents

• 1 Early life
• 2 Other work
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Early life

He was born on 18 June 1921 into an affluent family of agriculturists at Sanjamala, a village in the erstwhile Princely State of Banaganapalli in Madras Presidency, British India.

Other work

He founded the Vasavi Academy of Education, an organization which runs several educational ins*utions including the Vasavi College of Engineering, Pendekanti Law College, and Vasavi High School.

See also

• List of Governors of Karnataka
• List of Governors of Bihar

References

External links

• Official biographical sketch in Parliament of India website